It's a very fine line to walk.
I've lost count of the the songs I've heard ( and played!)
All right now
Can't get enough
Rock and roll (zep)
Smile on the water
Paranoid
Mustang sally
Long train running
Play that funky music
Etc....
In pubs and clubs.
It might be cheesy to a musician, but to a punter it seems that are pure gold (sometimes- when played well)
At the end of the day it is the punter that puts the money in the till of the venue, paying your fee, and most of the time it has nothing to do with artistic integrity an expression.
My main band tends to take a sideways look at these things and we look for the next biggest song for a band eg zep- immigrant song or heartbreaker instead of rock and roll or sabbath- war pigs or nib or a forgotten classic like dirty women ( everyone likes dirty women ) instead of Polaroid.
The best comment we have ever heard in a venue was that we have the balls to play the songs that others don't / can't. I was very chuffed with myself that night