Aerosmith. L to R: Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer. Courtesy Fin Costello/Redferns.

The Golden State Warriors playoff collapse, Vida Blue’s death and Aerosmith calling it a day have some of us Bay Area Gen Xers (well, me) pondering the end of some glorious runs.

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After Aerosmith announced its farewell tour, my friends and I debated whether we want to go or remember them when Joe Perry looked like he rehearsed outdoors among Venice Beach bodybuilders. Even if you loved original Joe back in the ’70s, you has to admit kicking heroin wasn’t a bad move. Even if his tan looked dangerously radioactive some nights. Joe’s not looking so great lately, and drummer Joey Kramer can’t physically do it anymore. Nevertheless, I decided to go when Aerosmith pulls into the Bay Area in December.

Even if it’s sad – and I don’t think they’re there yet – a proper sendoff feels right. As I told my buddy, they contributed so much to our collective childhood, and … Good God, this is weird.

The musical giants of my childhood are disappearing. As we seem on the verge of so many musical legends having to call it quits – or simply dying – who would you like to see reunite one last time?

KISS is saying goodbye for the third or fourth time, so who knows when they’re done. Though the fact of the matter is Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are in their 70s, and that gear looks damn heavy. Their bodies will eventually cave-in on stage (and, from the afterlife, they will still try charging you for a look). Van Halen is gone and we got three great tours at the end (it felt like the end, and the last tour was absolutely wonderful).

Who do we have left that even could reunite for one last go? I guess the Beatles are out. I always hoped for a Led Zeppelin tour, but Robert Plant is pretty adamant he’s done. John Bonham died around the same year I started going to concerts and I just missed them.

Black Sabbath said farewell, gave us a last record and a great last tour, and now Ozzy needs a walker. No shame there; that he’s still alive is miraculous (and still making good records), but they’re done. We also got a last record and tour from the Dio version, so no complaints there.

I always hoped the Faces would do something, even with only part of the band still around, just to get Rod Stewart to stop singing show-tunes. Speaking of Ron Wood, I haven’t seen the Stones live since their 50th anniversary tour (yes, word is they’re planning a 60th). I got so much live magic from the Stones over the years, but the last few times I’ve seen Keith Richards play on video weren’t pretty (Keef is never pretty, but he just wasn’t playing like he was actually there). Mick Jagger will go until he’s 300 years old, but as much as we joke about Keith, he doesn’t have a lot left.

But I would probably still go. Same deal as with Aerosmith. They’ve meant too much to abandon them now.

I have this loyalty thing I can’t shake (my kindergarten girlfriend still won’t take my late-night calls). I also watched the very ending of the Warriors playoff game against the Lakers on Friday, which may well have been the crumbling of a great dynasty.

But you don’t just walk away from your loved ones on their death beds just because it’s not fun to watch.

I’ll see Springsteen in December as well. He’s still kind of a freak of nature, though he and the E Streeters aren’t what they used to be. But they might be close, which still could make them close to being the world’s greatest live band.

For a few years, I’d hoped for a real Sly and the Family Stone reunion. There was talk, and the band was ready. But I think we’re past the possibility.

Pink Floyd still dislikes each other too much, even if I missed them in their prime. The Beach Boys did their last reunion tour in 2012, which seemed to go well until Mike Love ruined everything again. I don’t see them making it back. If the remaining members of UFO could reunite with Michael Schenker one last time, I would pay good money.

The Replacements came back and I got to gloriously see them twice. But any more is probably too much to ask. Same for the Sex Pistols. And the Smiths …. no.

Hanoi Rocks reunited for one show in its native Finland last year. I had hopes. Then I watched the video of Andy McCoy stumbling around during an otherwise good show and decided maybe that shouldn’t happen.

Oingo Boingo would be nice … they’d probably top my list, since I somehow never saw them before.

AC/DC and Cheap Trick are still knocking around … with millions of miles on the tread. Better see them next time, just to be safe. A full Guns N’ Roses tour with the original lineup would be great. But with GNR, it feels like we just have to take what we can get.

If they’re still alive, there’s always hope. But we better hurry.

Follow music critic Tony Hicks at Twitter.com/TonyBaloney1967.